Optimal site selection for sitting a solar park using multi-criteria decision analysis and geographical information systems

Georgiou, Andreas; Skarlatos, Dimitrios

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-321-2016

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-321-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-321-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

Research article

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26 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 26 Jul 2016

Optimal site selection for sitting a solar park using multi-criteria decision analysis and geographical information systems

Andreas Georgiou and Dimitrios Skarlatos

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RC1: 'review for gi-2016-4', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 May 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee #1', Andreas Georgiou, 11 Jun 2016
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 May 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee #2', Andreas Georgiou, 11 Jun 2016

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The objective of this paper is to present a general integrated framework to evaluate land suitability for the optimal placement of solar park, which is based on a combination of a GIS, remote sensing techniques, and multi-criteria decision-making methods. Innovative aspect derives from the proposed tool as currently implemented within a local GIS, which provides a versatile platform of analysis and semi-automation of the operations, which might also extended into full automation.